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The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Fears for 'exhausted' staff trapped at Chernobyl plant in 'worsening' conditions

The UN's nuclear watchdog says monitoring systems are no longer transmitting data from the plant, which was the scene of the 1986 disaster, after it was taken over by Russian troops

Daily Mirror

Latest Ukraine updates: Strike hits Mariupol hospital complex

Ukraine news for March 9: Russian attack hits a children’s hospital in besieged port city, Ukrainian officials say.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine-Russia war updates: Humanitarian corridors open in six cities, Ukraine authorities say — as it happened

In the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol there have been claims of shelling as elsewhere residents are looking to exit through humanitarian corridors.

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IAEA loses contact with safeguards monitoring systems at Chernobyl

Systems monitoring nuclear material at the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl in Ukraine, which were taken over by Russian forces last month, have stopped transmitting data to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, it said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Chernobyl hero who 'saved the world' runs for his life as his home is blitzed by Russia

Alexei - or Oleksiy - Ananenko, 62, waded through radioactive water to successfully prevent a second cataclysmic explosion at the stricken Chernobyl nuclear reactor

Daily Mirror

Russia backs IAEA chief's idea of Ukraine meeting but not at Chernobyl

Russia backs U.N. atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi's idea of a trilateral meeting with Ukraine on ensuring the safety of nuclear facilities there during Russia's invasion but not at Chernobyl as Grossi wants, Moscow's envoy to the watchdog said.

Reuters

EU Asks UN Watchdog to Safeguard Ukraine's Nuclear Plants

The European Union has asked the UN nuclear watchdog to safeguard Ukraine's nuclear plants, two of which are now under Russian control, and mobilize international help in case of an emergency, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Russian forces have seized Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe' biggest, and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Chernobyl hostages captured by Russian troops surviving on 'one meal a day'

Russian forces seized Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and Chernobyl on Friday and have now placed staff running the facility under their command, according to the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

Daily Mirror

Attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant triggers worldwide alarm

Russian strike sparks global alarm it could dwarf the world’s worst nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Chernobyl in 1986.

Al Jazeera

Russian troops fought for control of a nuclear power plant in Ukraine – a safety expert explains how warfare and nuclear power are a volatile combination

Russian forces have taken control of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant after shelling the Zaporizhzhia facility in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar.

The Conversation

Russia's nuke plant attack revives Chernobyl disaster fears

Russia’s attack on a nuclear power plant in Ukraine has revived the fears of people across Europe who remember the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which killed at least 30 people and spewed radioactive fallout over much of the Northern Hemisphere

The Independent UK

All you need to know about Ukraine's nuclear power stations amid Russian attacks

Atomic energy specialist Professor Robin Grimes and former nuclear scientist Cheryl Rofer answer your questions about nuclear power stations in Ukraine after Russia attacked Zaporizhzhia

Daily Mirror

‘It is time for action’: Meet the man trying to avert nuclear meltdown in Ukraine

Argentine-born Rafael Grossi has offered to fly to Ukraine, but only after finishing talks in Iran, writes Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: the dangers following Russia's attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Following recent news of Russian shelling of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which is the largest in Europe, there is great concern over the potential for a Chernobyl-esque release of radioactive material. Several security personnel at the plant were injured by the attack.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine power plant attack unlikely to cause nuclear disaster – experts

Russian shelling of the Zaporizhzhia plant was probably not intended to trigger a meltdown, experts have said.

The Guardian - UK

How safe are Ukraine’s nuclear power plants amid Russian attacks?

Experts assess the risks after fire burned for several hours at Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'wants another Chernobyl disaster' after dangerous nuclear plant attack

Zaporizhzhia power plant was attacked in the early hours of this morning, prompting accusations from Ukraine's president that Vladimir Putin wants a nuclear disaster on the scale of Chernobyl

Asharq Al-Awsat

How Dangerous Was Russia's Nuclear Plant Strike?

Europe's largest nuclear power plant was hit by Russian shelling early Friday, sparking a fire and raising fears of a disaster that could affect all of central Europe for decades, like the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown. Concerns faded after Ukrainian authorities announced that the fire had been extinguished, and while there…

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The Independent UK

UN nuclear watchdog offers to broker deal to stop further power plant damage

The director-general of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency has offered to meet Ukrainian and Russian officials in Chernobyl.

The Independent UK

Zaporizhzhia: Everything we know about Europe’s largest nuclear plant attacked by ‘reckless’ Russians

Russian shelling causes damage but safety of compound not affected, officials insist

The Independent UK

35 years on, Chernobyl warns and inspires

The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes

The Independent UK

What really happened at Chernobyl? How the world’s worst nuclear accident happened

Decades after the catastrophe, now a byword for state secrecy, crucial elements remain a mystery, Andy Gregory writes

ABC News

Atomic energy chief ready to travel to Chernobyl for talks on safeguarding reactors amid Russian invasion of Ukraine

The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog says he is ready to travel to Chernobyl for talks on safeguarding Ukraine's nuclear facilities.

Reuters

Russian seizure of Ukraine nuclear plant sparks worries about radiation monitoring

Russia's seizure of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant has raised fears about access to radiation data, atomic experts said, although they stressed they did not see immediate radiological risks and a U.N. watchdog said its reactors were undamaged.

The Conversation

Russian shelling caused a fire at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant – how close did we actually come to disaster?

It sounds like a nightmare come true. During a military offensive as part of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, fire broke out at Europe’s largest nuclear power station, the Zaporizhzhia power plant in the southern city of Enerhodar.

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